The Somerset reporter., 1887-04-06
Our Wafer SuppIY.

ties Of every day life, and to meet cmcr-
gencies The principal emergency to
provide against is that If destruction Of
property by fire The disasters that over
took the fair villages Of PASSPORT and
Pennington are fresh in the minds of our
citizens aud are positive arguments that
no CITY or village can afford 10 be with
out the very best protection it, possible
10 obtain.
The village Of Skowhcgan has what
have heretofore been considered good ia
cilities for putting cut hre~ and fair
. water supply With orr Steamer Hook
and Ladder company. efficient engineers
and lrcmen: with two force pumps hy-
drant-. and cistern> the village was sup
posed to he reasonably wei protected
from the dcYouring element. hut in the
light that j. reflected from Passport and
Pennington. aud the modern improve
ments in water works, Skowhcgau /, fall
ng far behind in this particular.
About one year age citizens Of this sil-
lagc believing they were paying excessive
in urance rates pcttioned for reduction.
What was the result? \ committee OF
gentlemen representing the leading in
saraucc companies authorized 10 sell in
snrance in Maine came here made a care
ful inspection Of our village, property,
water supply and fire apparatus, and in-
formed US that they could not reduce the
rates fraction, aud further, that unless
We improved our water supply they
would be obliged to advance instead OF
reducing them.
The Skowhegun Water Company has
secured a charter from the legislature,
has organized and is making arrange
ments to put in water works consisting OF
a pumping station, Reservoir upon the
most available elevation and a system Of
iron pipes with MIGRANTS in all parts of
the village to which hose can be attached
and stream of water turned on. upon
short notice The design IS also to have
the works SO constructed as to pump Ill
rcetly into the pipes and thus an extra
pressure produced. This system has
proved entirely successful wherever it has
been trled. IL Is not an experiment
has been III operation III Lewiston LOT
some SIN YEAR. ana works 10 ehatHi
fire has not the ghost of a chance there or
III bangor where they pump directly into
the pipes anu nave no feSerNoit Every
c't9 III our state anu every CONSTRUCTING
village lhat nave lot a'ready "aieI""rhS
are moving III TINS very important 'llat'er'
Inc qneSt'oh comes no" to Sko"h'Sah
image corporation, whether II VIII
nave thlS system or not Al article Is III
the war am Ioi 'ie "l""ai meeting VI th'
corporation MONDAY next TO sec whether
II Will TAKE mona ana 90 It's part toward
thc protection Of me property ana IL may
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